Kemi Badenoch said her remarks about maternity pay have been "misrepresented". The shadow housing secretary caused controversy on the first day of the Conservative conference after appearing to call the current level of the benefit "excessive".
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00:00I don't regret things that I didn't say, but thank you for asking.
00:03I've said maternity pay is important.
00:05If we want to fix maternity pay, we need to start with making sure that government isn't
00:10intervening in business excessively. Businesses condemn payment.
00:14There was a long interview, but if you're taking 30-second clips, it's very easy to misinterpret.
00:18But one of the things that I'm not going to let happen
00:21is allow other people to say things that I haven't said before.